SAAB Complaints

2003 SAAB SE SHOWING A 0340 CODE WONDERING IF IT IS RELATED TO THE DI CASSETTE. *TR

COIL SPRING FAILED ON 2003 SAAB 9-3 PUNCTURING TIRE AND CAUSING CAR TO CROSS CENTER LINE OF ROADWAY. HAD THERE BEEN ANY ONCOMING TRAFFIC, THIS COIL SPRING INDUCED TIRE BLOWOUT MAY HAVE RESULTED IN A HEAD-ON FRONTAL COLLISION ON A BUSY TWO-LANE STATE HIGHWAY. HAD THIS BEEN ON AN INTERSTATE OR OTHER ROADWAY WITH HIGHER SPEEDS, IT MAY HAVE BEEN FATAL. *TR

BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS WERE BROKEN WHEN THE CAR WENT IN FOR INSPECTION. EACH OF THE FRONT SPRINGS HAD APPROXIMATELY 3-4 INCH LONG PIECE BROKEN OFF WHERE IT MEETS THE BOTTOM RETAINER. AWAITING WORD FROM SAAB TO SEE IF THEY ARE GOING TO COVER THE REPAIR. *TR

SAAB 2000 9-3 TURBO CONTINUED TO BE PLAGUED WITH NO START PROBLEMS (RECALLED ITEM REPAIRED BY SAAB DEALERSHIP. OIL SLUDGE AS A RESULT OF PROBLEMS RELATED TO RECALL CAUSED ENGINE/TURBO TO FAIL AT 94,000 ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. CAR HAS BEEN TOWED TO MECHANIC. SERVICE AT DEALERSHIP IS DOCUMENTED AND SHOULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS TYPE OF ENGINE. TURBO FAILURE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 SAAB 9-3. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 30-35 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A STRANGE NOISE UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE NOISE WAS FIRST NOTICED TWO WEEKS AGO. HE JACKED UP THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRING FAILED. THE CONTACT FEELS THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE A CRASH COULD HAVE OCCURRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 24,500.

1997 SAAB 900 SE TURBO- DIRECT IGNITION CASSETTE FAILURE CAUSED VEHICLE TO STALL IN MIDDLE OF ROAD. *TR

CAR DOESN'T WANT TO SHIFT INTO THE NEXT GEAR. SECOND TIME THIS CAR HAS BEEN IN FOR THE SAME ISSUE. THIS TIME THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSIONS. *TR

MY SAAB 9 3 HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 5 TIMES FOR THE SAME ISSUE - "FRONT END CREAKS WHEN I TURN OR GOES OVER BUMPS" THIS STARTED ON MARCH 2, 2006 WITH 41,694 UP UNTIL OCTOBER 17 2008 WITH 98,508 (SEPT 2007, DEC 2007 JUNE 2008). OUT OF THE 5 TIMES 4 OF THOSE TIMES THEY HAVE REPLACED THE FRONT STABILIZERS. IN OCTOBER 17 THEY STATED NOTHING WAS WRONG HOWEVER, AFTER WE LEFT THE DEALERSHIP WE STILL HEARD THE FRONT END MAKING NOISE. CALLED THE DEALERSHIP RIGHT AWAY WHO THEN TELLS ME THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND ANYTHING. MAY 2009 - MY SPRING BROKE OFF MY CAR. *TR

ON MAY 14 I WENT OUT TO MY CAR AND NOTICED THAT THE FRONT LEFT OF MY CAR WAS LEANING TOWARDS THE GROUND. AFTER MY HUSBAND TOOK OFF THE TIRE, THE SPRING TO MY CAR JUST FELL OFF. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I WAS ADVISE THAT THIS IS AN GOING ISSUE WITH SAAB. WHEN I CONTACTED SAAB USA THEY STATED THAT THIS WAS NOT A PROBLEM AND THAT THEY WOULD NOT HELP ME PAY TO HAVE A NEW SPRING ON MY CAR. THE GENTLEMEN WHO TOWED MY CAR ALSO ADVISE ME THAT THIS WAS HIS 5TH SAAB HE TOWED THIS MONTH WITH THE SAME PROBLEM THAT I HAVE - BROKEN SPRING. *TR

SEVERAL MONTHS AGO I HAD PLACED MY 2004 9-3 SAAB IN PARK AND LEFT THE CAR RUNNING TO GET OUT AND TURN OFF MY SPRINKLERS. WHILE OUT OF THE CAR THE VEHICLE ROLLED UP THE DRIVEWAY AND HEADED TO WARDS MY GARAGE NARROWLY MISSING MY HOUSE. I RAN AFTER THE CAR AND JUMPED IN THE DRIVERS SEAT JUST AS THE CAR MADE CONTACT WITH THE GARAGE DOOR. I WAS ABLE TO PUT ON THE BRAKE AND STOP THE CAR BEFORE IT KNOCKED DOWN THE WHOLE GARAGE. I CONTACTED SAAB IMMEDIATELY AND THEY HAD THE CAR CHECKED BY THEIR MECHANICS WHO SAID THEY COULD FIND NOTHING. I KNOW THAT I HAD PUT THE CAR IN PARK BEFORE EXITING. THE CAR ALSO WAS PARKED ON AN INCLINE AND INSTEAD OF ROLLING BACKWARDS HAD IT NOT BEEN IN PARK IT ACTUALLY ROLLED UP THE DRIVEWAY AS IF IT WENT FROM PARK INTO DRIVE. I WAS UNAWARE OF THE ISSUE UNTIL I HEARD THAT GM HAS OTHER CARS WITH THE SAME ISSUE. SINCE THEY ARE TRYING TO SELL SAAB I AM SURE THEY ARE TRYING TO HIDE THAT THIS PROBLEM MAY ALSO EXIST IN THE SAABS AS WELL. *TR